The nurse is assessing a client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)to determine activity tolerance.Which questions elicit the most important information?

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Difficulty sleeping could indicate worsening breathlessness,as could taking longer to perform activities of daily living.Weight loss could mean increased dyspnea as the client becomes too fatigued to eat.The color of the client's sputum would not assist in determining activity tolerance.Asking whether the client walks upstairs every day is not as pertinent as determining if the client becomes short of breath on walking upstairs,or if the client goes upstairs less often than previously.

The Nurse Is Assessing a Client with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary